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As of December 2004, the N64 sold 32.93 million units compared to the GameCube’s 18.02 million units. Which begs to ask, if Nintendo sells less Revolutions than N64’s during the next round of consoles, will they survive as a hardware manufacturer? To be fair to the GameCube (which I believe is a better machine), she still can sell and was competing against a much more dominate Microsof...

In an interview with Reginald Fils-Aime, EGM found out some interesting things. Primarily, Reggie after sharing the system’s controller with key third-party developers said, “…their eyes truly light up because they start to imagine what’s possible with [this] type of configuration, which is vastly different than a sheer horsepower type of game.” It also seems he claim...

Over the weekend, we received the actual image of the Leaked Revolution Ad screenshot. The anonymous source claims the image comes from an agency that has done work for Nintendo in the past. He went on to confirm that this is in fact just a concept and said similar ideas like “The future is in your hands” were also in the works referring to the oh so elusive controller. Still speculati...

For those interested in buying original NES goodness, somebody is selling the largest lot ever on eBay. 776 games just 10 shy of the whole US collection. Current bid is over $5000, but there’s still time… Place Bid Now! [Thanks Karsten]

Do you agree or disagree with the following? Excerpt taken from Wired interview with Eiji Aonuma, Zelda ProducerIf the [game’s] emphasis is on realism, why not incorporate voiced dialog? “I feel like it’s not suited to the Zelda series,” Aonuma said. “When the player is reading text on the screen, they’re inserting a part of themselves, their imagination, into t...

A lot has happened around here since we started Infendo a month and a half ago. First off, we have been blown away by the number of visitors over the past several weeks. We really appreciate your thoughtful comments about the company and industry we have all grown to love. Also, to the bloggers that link to us, your support is golden. Thank you. We hope we have provided insightful posts thus far, ...

It has been said that during the summer, Nintendo refrains from releasing large software titles in an effort to keep people more active. Can anyone confirm this? It always seems to be the case every time summer rolls around. If this urban myth is true, that’s pretty classy on Nintendo’s part.

Here’s the latest, and if you ask me, it looks fairly legit. Pick this one apart for me though.(click to enlarge)

Word on the street is that classic Nintendo games may get a new look when downloaded from the upcoming Revolution service. Saturo Iwata said, “We are doing several experiments, including working with the original Super Mario Bros., with the new technology. The game itself and the gameplay shall be identical, but the look will be different; it’s possible that with Revolution, we may be ...

According to GameCube Europe, DS will topple 20 million manufactured units this fiscal year. In contrast, Sony has cut PSP manufacturing by 33% (6 million units) given its lagging sales. While this is great news for Ninny, is anyone else besides me perplexed by the PSP’s lackluster performance? Looks like Sony’s overall market dominance can be countered through great gaming.

Although it’s only in web version for now, Next Generation magazine is now online. For those of you who remember, this was one of the best gaming mags before it went belly up in the fall of 2001. If I remember correctly, the first edition was released in 1995. In other news, there hasn’t been much news. So with that, I’d like to ask which mags from back in the day did you like? I...